 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston, Paul Gross, Jeff Harding, David Henry, James Vaughan, Nicholas Hammond, Phillip Van Dyke, Susannah Fellows, Joshua Brody
Marine biologist Professor Aronnax (Richard Crenna) and his crew, including his scientist daughter Sophie (Julie Cox) and harpooner Ned (Paul Gross), take a sea voyage in search of a sea monster that has been sinking ships. Their ship is rammed, and they discover that instead of a sea monster it is the submarine Nautilus that has been sinking the ships. The Nautilus' Captain Nemo (Ben Cross) has been sinking the ships with plans to take over the world. The castaways are taken board the Nautilus where they must confront Nemo. Good special effects.
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Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil 2006  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
Director: James Dodson
Cast: Nicholas Gonzalez, Matt Bushell, Shane Edelman, Peter Coyote, Keith David, Bruce McGill, Glenn Morshower, Ben Cross, Eyal Podell, Denis Arndt, April Grace, Courtenay Taylor
Navy SEALS are given orders to destroy a nuclear site in North Korea, but after the team arrives in the area the mission is aborted. Now, the SEALS are stranded in enemy territory and left with no choice; to survive they must defeat the rebel forces that threaten not only their lives but those of the entire free world as well.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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 Exorcist: The Beginning 2004 R, 114 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney, Julian Wadham, Andrew French, Ralph Brown, Ben Cross, David Bradley, Alan Ford, Israel Aduramo, Patrick O'Kane
After three directors and one complete re-filming, the fourth "Exorcist" film was finally released. It is a blood-filled prequel to the classic that follows Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) before he performed the exorcism. Haunted by the memories of the brutality suffered by his people during World War II, Merrin loses his faith in God and leaves Holland. Trained as an archeologist, he joins an excavation in Kenya. An ancient church–in perfect condition–is unearthed. But soon strange and brutal events begin, and Merrin sees the face of Evil that has haunted him over the years.
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The Far Pavilions 1984  TV, 318 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blade of Steel
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Rossano Brazzi, Saeed Jaffrey, Robert Hardy, Omar Sharif, John Gielgud, Jennifer Kendal, Felicity Dean, Peter Arne
This HBO miniseries is set in 19th-century British controlled India and involves the ill-fated romance between English soldier Ashton Pelham-Martyn (Ben Cross) and the Indian Princess Anjuli (Amy Irving).
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First Knight 1995  PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers, John Gielgud, Valentine Pelka, Colin McCormack, Ralph Ineson, Stuart Bunce, Jane Robbins, Jean Marie Coffey, Paul Kynman
The kingdom of Camelot once again comes to life as King Arthur (Sean Connery), Lady Guinevere (Julia Ormond), and Lancelot (Richard Gere) solve the problems of a love triangle amidst bloody battles against Malagant (Ben Cross) who is a traitorous Knight of the Round Table.
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The Flame Trees of Thika 1981  TV, 355 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, William Morgan Sheppard, David Bradley, John Nettleton, Carol MacReady, Paul Onsongo, Tony Osoba
Based on Elspeth Huxley's book, this made-for-TV miniseries relates the joys and struggles of young Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) and her parents–Tilly and Robin (Hayley Mills and David Robb)–as they begin work on a Kenya coffee plantation in 1913.
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Honey Sweet Love 1994 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Enrico Coletti
Cast: Eli Wallach, Jo Champa, Ben Cross, Luigi Petrucci, Luigi Montini, John Evans, Tiberio Murgia, Raoul Bellucci, Roberto Ruggeri, Donald Hodson, Donald O'Brien
During World War II, a British officer is sent to a Sicilian village to establish a radio station. There he finds intrigue and deceit, but most of all he finds love with a local girl.
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Live Wire 1992 R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Lisa Eilbacher, Ron Silver, Ben Cross, Tony Plana, Al Waxman, Brent Jennings, Philip Baker Hall, Michael St. Gerard, Selma Archerd
As if FBI explosives-expert Danny O'Neill (Pierce Brosnan) didn't have enough problems–what with his marital woes and his wife (Lisa Eilbacher) running around with a U.S. Senator (Ron Silver)–two Senators have been blown up with no trace of explosives. Danny is on the case, and his wife's Senator friend seems to be involved. Made for cable TV.
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 The Order 2001 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlton Heston, Ben Cross, Sofia Milos, Brian Thompson, Vernon Dobtcheff, David Leitch, Sasson Gabai, Alon Abutbul, Joey Tomaska
Ex-thief Rudy (Jean-Claude Van Damme) once smuggled rare museum pieces, but he is now one of the good guys and is on his way to Jerusalem to retrieve a priceless ancient scroll that holds to key to Middle East peace (or war). He also intends to rescue his kidnapped father. Lots of martial-arts action.
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She Stood Alone 1991  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Mare Winningham, Ben Cross, Robert Desiderio, Taurean Blacque, Daniel Davis, Lisa Marie Russell, Harry Gibbs, Fredric Cooke, Monica Calhoun, Michael Oppenheimer
Set in the 1830s, this is the biography of Prudence Crandall who fought for education rights of young black girls despite repercussions from other forces in her community. Good Disney fare.
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 Spartacus 2004  TV, 177 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, James Frain, Ross Kemp, Ben Cross, Paul Kynman, Henry Simmons, Stuart Bunce, George Calil, Paul Telfer, Chris Jarman, Georgina Rylance
Sentenced to a life in the desert, a slave, Spartacus (Goran Visnjic), gets a new chance when he is purchased by the owner of a gladiator school. From here, Spartacus goes on to lead a slave rebellion against the corrupt Roman establishment. This TV miniseries is fair fare, but if you want to REALLY see Spartacus in action, go with Kirk Douglas' 1960 "Spartacus.".
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Species: The Awakening 2007 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Nick Lyon
Cast: Helena Mattsson, Ben Cross, Marco Bacuzzi, Dominic Keating, Marlene Favela, Meagen Fay, Roger Cudney, Adam Wylie, Felipe de Lara, Cynthia Francesconi, Alejandra Gollas, German Fabregat
College professor Miranda Hollander (Helena Mattsson) suffers a blackout and awakens amidst mutilated bodies. She is a suspect in the gruesome murders and goes to her scientist Uncle Tom (Ben Cross) for help. To her surprise, he informs Miranda that she is a creation of an ex-colleague, scientist Forbes McGuire (Dominic Keating) who lives in Mexico. Now, Miranda and Tom set off to Mexico to locate her creator and find a cure. But the cure unleashes her extraterrestrial side, Miranda's killer instincts rise to the fore, and now the entire human race is in jeopardy.
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Star Trek 2009 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols
Rebellious James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and emotionless Spock (Zachary Quinto) meet, become friends, and form a team on the maiden voyage of the Enterprise. Their mission is to neutralize a Romulan craft that, with its villainous captain, Nero (Eric Bana), was catapulted back 150 years into the past. It takes the Enterprise 25 years to reach Nero, but, when they do the battle rages.
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Turbulence 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson, Hector Elizondo, Catherine Hicks, Rachel Ticotin, Ben Cross, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Finn, Heidi Kling
So much for a peaceful holiday flight–problems develop on a 747's flight from New York to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve when the Lonely Hearts Killer (Ray Liotta) breaks free from his captors, a storm threatens instant destruction, the pilots are killed, and the flight attendant, Teri Halloran (Lauren Holly) is forced into attempting an emergency landing.
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Eli Danker, Ben Cross, Velizar Binev, Mark Ivanir, Ken Lerner, Raicho Vasilev, Michail Elenov, Daisy Lang
In this sequel to "Undisputed" (2002), Michael Jai White takes on the role of heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers who is framed and sent to prison. While serving time in the Russian jail, "Iceman" must rely on his street-fighting skills when he is put into the ring with prison champion kickboxer Uri Boyka (Scott Adkins).
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War, Inc. 2008 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joshua Seftel
Cast: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykoyd, Ben Kingsley, Sergej Trifunovic, Ned Bellamy, Montel Williams, Lyubomir Neikov, George Zlatarev, Nikoli Standev, Ben Cross, Doug Dearth
Assassin Brand Hauser (John Cusack) is hired by former U.S. Vice President (Dan Aykoyd)–who now heads American corporation Tamerlane–to kill oil baron Omar Sharif (Lyubomir Neikov). Hauser poses as the head of a trade show in war-torn Turaqistan. The show stars pop superstar Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) who is married to powerful Ook-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini (Sergej Trifunovic). All goes well–until American reporter Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) appears on the scene suspicious of foul play and suspecting another case of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
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| 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
2. The Assisi Underground (1985)
3. Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil (2006)
aka: Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
4. Chariots of Fire (1981)
5. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
6. The Far Pavilions (1984)
aka: Blade of Steel
7. First Knight (1995)
8. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
9. Honey Sweet Love (1994)
10. Live Wire (1992)
11. The Order (2001)
12. She Stood Alone (1991)
13. Spartacus (2004)
14. Species: The Awakening (2007)
15. Star Trek (2009)
16. Turbulence (1997)
17. Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
18. War, Inc. (2008)
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